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Wooden Pallets, LTD.

Struck by discharged object or substance — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds — SILSBEE, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Wooden Pallets, LTD. in SILSBEE, TEXAS
Employer Wooden Pallets, LTD. Report ID 2020043459
Address 3840 Henry Read Rd. City, State ZIP SILSBEE, TEXAS 77656
Event Date April 15, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds Body Part Head, unspecified
Event Type Struck by discharged object or substance Source of Injury Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
Secondary Source Nail guns-powered
Industry (NAICS) 321920 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 30.35000, -94.13000

Incident Narrative

An employee was reaching under a nail table where nail guns are kept when he struck the handle of a nail gun with his head and it discharged a nail into the back of his head. He was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On April 15, 2020, a worker at Wooden Pallets, LTD. in SILSBEE, TEXAS suffered puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds to the head, unspecified. The incident was classified as struck by discharged object or substance, with nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 983 severe injury reports involving "Struck by discharged object or substance" incidents in our database. Browse all Struck by discharged object or substance injuries.

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